When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the latter will have to wait for five years until they …

本片由几个超现实的小故事串联而成。公园里，一个神秘男子塞给一个中产阶级家庭的女孩几张图片，女孩父母对这些帕特农神庙、凯旋门等古建筑的图片大惊失色。丈夫晚上被幻觉困扰求助医生，恰巧女护士请假离去，在回家的路上，女护士偶遇受虐狂帽商、赌博的神父等人。一位教授搭护士的车来到警局授课，却总被打断，他最后讲了一段赴宴的经历，几个…